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| bear with |
to continue with despite aggravations; be patient with; be tolerant of. |
| bovine |
slow-moving, dull, patient, or stolid. [1/3 definitions] |
| coax |
to obtain by patient, gentle persuasion. [2/3 definitions] |
| comorbid |
of or pertaining to co-existing medical conditions in a patient. |
| comorbidity |
the presence of co-exisiting medical conditions in a patient. |
| deinstitutionalize |
to enable (one who has been institutionalized, such as a mental patient) to live away from the institution, within the community. [1/2 definitions] |
| discharge |
to release (a prisoner, hospital patient, or the like). [1/17 definitions] |
| enduring |
forbearing, patient, or long-suffering. [1/2 definitions] |
| free association |
a psychoanalytic technique for discovering repressed thoughts and emotions, in which the patient talks spontaneously about whatever comes to mind. [1/2 definitions] |
| hold one's horses |
to be patient, calm, or restrained. |
| intubate |
of a doctor or other medical personnel, to insert a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. |
| intubation |
the process, carried out by a doctor or other medical personnel, of inserting a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. [1/2 definitions] |
| long-suffering |
patient endurance of persistent hardships or troubles. [1/2 definitions] |
| malpractice |
improper professional conduct due to incompetence, negligence, or unethical methods, esp. such conduct leading to injury or loss by a medical patient or a client of a lawyer. |
| narcosynthesis |
a treatment of neurosis, requiring a patient to be under the influence of a hypnotic drug. |
| outwait |
to wait or be patient longer than (someone else). |
| oxygen tent |
a transparent, tentlike enclosure that is fitted around the head and shoulders of a bedridden patient to form a chamber into which oxygen can be released. |
| placebo |
an inert substance given to a patient as if it were a drug in order to placate or to serve as a control in an experiment. [1/2 definitions] |
| prescription |
a directive written by a doctor for the preparation and use of a medicine to treat a designated patient. [1/2 definitions] |
| primal therapy |
a psychological treatment in which the patient is encouraged to express the violent emotions of infancy by crying, screaming, shouting, or the like. |
| privileged communication |
a communication that one cannot be forced to divulge, such as that between a doctor and a patient. [1/2 definitions] |
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